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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska

Posted by admin on October 30, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.4535S, -179.5092WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 82 km NE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska (51 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/18 / 2018-10-30 13:18:04 / October 30, 2018 @ 1:18 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00pheya4, ak20304837, us1000hizy. Id of event: us1000hizy. The epicenter was at a depth of 240.15 km (149 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -179.5092° West, 52.4535° North, depth 240.15 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:18:04 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 82 km NE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.5092° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.4535° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 240.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82km NE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-30 13:18:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-30 13:58:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.713 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000hizy Id of event.
Event Code 1000hizy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00pheya4,ak20304837,us1000hizy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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